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NOVEMBER 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 37
Annual Craft Fair Set In Parkesburg BY FRANCINE FULTON
Our Lady of Consolation Parish will host its 36th annual craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Schneider Parish Center, 2995 Cemetery Road, Parkesburg. The event will feature items made by more than 40 artisans, crafters and
vendors, along with food, children’s activities and a visit by Santa. Offered for sale will be wreaths, wooden flags, candles, jewelry, holiday decor, soaps, candles, crocheted and sewn items, pottery and personalized dog items. Visitors will also be able to enjoy a chair massage offered by one of the vendors. See Craft Fair pg 5
Collecting food are Octorara field hockey members (from left) Syndey Simonds, Cecily Page, Jilly Destephano, Roxy Grocki, Kyla Stout, Kerri Davis and Lillian Kennedy.
Octorara Field Hockey Team Holds Food Drive BY FRANCINE FULTON
embers of the Octorara Junior-Senior High School field hockey team began and ended their season with a food drive to benefit the Octorara Area Food Cupboard (OAFC). The first drive was held this past summer and the most recent effort took place on Oct. 29, when the student-athletes were on hand to collect food from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dutch-Way Farm Market in Gap. During the food drive, shoppers were offered a list of needed items when they entered the store, and they were invited to drop off their donations as they exited. The list of wanted items include boxed potatoes, rice and noodle side dishes; hearty soups; sauerkraut; and boxed macaroni and cheese. The team members also collected cash donations. The girls were accompanied by parent volunteers Jenny Alexander and Ashley Destephano, members of the Octorara Field Hockey Boosters Club.
Sydney Simonds. “Jenny was showing us pictures of empty shelves and it affected me. It was sad.” “Recently the food cupboard has been pretty bare,” added Cecily Page. “Since the holidays are coming up, it’s important to give to those who don’t have as much as others.” The Octorara Area School District is also holding a fall food drive for the OAFC through Friday, Nov. 11. Students in kindergarten through grade six in the Octorara Primary Learning Center are asked to place their donations in the classroom boxes, and students in grades seven to 12 are asked to place items on the designated tables at the high school. Items may also be dropped off in either of the schools’ main offices. The OAFC is currently in need of other groups willing to conduct food drives. For more information, call 610-857-4000 or visit www.face book.com/OctoraraAreaFood Cupboard or www.octfood.com. More information about the field hockey team is available at www.facebook .com/octorarafieldhockey.
Early Learning Center students are looking forward to the annual craft fair.
Holiday Event To Benefit Animal Rescue BY FRANCINE FULTON
Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue (LDAR) will present its annual holiday craft show at Freedom Village at Brandywine, 15 Freedom Blvd., Coatesville, on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the rescue, which provides foster homes for cats and dogs until they can be permanently adopted. The event is one of the rescue’s largest fundraisers. Admission is free and open to the public. See Animal Rescue pg 3
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“We did a (food drive) before the season started; the food cupboard was in great need and when we heard they were in great need again, we said, ‘Let’s help them with that,’” said Alexander. “When we did the first (food drive) in July, we broke the food cupboard’s record of the most pounds of food collected at a one-day food drive and the most cash collected.” The record numbers were 1,570 pounds of food and $275. The Oct. 29 food drive totals are still being calculated. The food cupboard had a trailer on-site, in which the girls placed the donations. “We are filling up the trailer and they will come and get it,” Alexander noted. Represented at the event were high school students and Octorara eighth-graders. “It’s nice for the younger girls to get to know the varsity team,” noted Alexander. “They can form friendships.” Although they have not visited the pantry in person, the girls said they were familiar with the charity. “It’s hard to put into perspective what you have and what others don’t,” said
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